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page 4 - February 2, 1977 - North Shore News

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By Ellsworth Dickson

The waterfront of. West

Vancouver is a mixture of
beautiful beaches, lush for-
ests, walls of high rises, and
inaccessible private proper-
ty. Looking at such areas as
Ambleside and the seawalk,
it is obvious that a great deai
of money and thought has
gone into keeping these

-areas a delight to visit.

The rows of high-rise
apartments, however, do
draw some criticism from
their sheer numbers. This
week the Inquiring Reporter
asks: ‘‘What do you think of
West Vancouver’s waterfront
development?”’

Gretchen Housser
- Peint Grey

_] think West Vancouver
did a great job with their
parks. It would have been
nice to see more green space
between all those apart-
ments.

Peter Buchmuller
West Vancouver -

‘Itisa pity they didn’t leave

_ more waterfront in its natural

state. There are too many
apartments ‘lining the shore.

‘George T. Wallace:
. West Vancouver

I've lived here for many

-years now And I enjoy places _

such as: the seawalk im-
mensely. I would prefer if the.
apartments didn’t block. the
view so much.

Doug Caverly
West Vancouver’

There has been over-de-

velopment with regards ‘to
the. apartments, but aside _
from that, I really enjoy what
the Parks Board has done.

Mrs. P. Judd
| West Vancouver

1 think that West Vancou-
ver did a great job with all
the waterfront parks.

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_The accused maintained
that he had not ‘‘attacked’’

his stepfather, but had
merely been arguing with
him about the. return of a
$10,000 investment itn the

stepfather’s company.

As regards a_ second
‘incident, the accused said he
was trying to break up a
struggle between his step-
father and his (the accused’s)
mother. ‘‘I was there strictly
for my Mum’s protection.”’

In provinciai court last
week Judge Alfred Watts
accepted the defence argu-
ments and dismissed two
charges of common criminal
assault against Rebert

Spence, 1800 Layion Drive,

North Vancouver.

‘“‘There’s no evidence. I
don’t see. that either justifies
conviction of criminal ass-
ault,’’ said the judge.

Spence’s stepfather, Nor-
man Wise, 1445 Chartwell
Drive, West Vancouver,
testified during the trial that
Spence had thrown him onto
a sofa in his home last June 7
and sat on him, pushing his
fists into his eyes.

iS stri

_ Three North Shore plants
producing chlorine and caus-
tic soda used in the majority
of B.C. pulp mills were hit
Monday by strikes that could

‘shut down the  province’s

pulp and paper industry.

In a coordinated move,
members of the Oil, Chem-
and Atomic Workers
International Union walked
off the job at Hooker
Chemicals, while workers at
Erco Industries Ltd., North
Vancouver, and FMC _ of
Canada Ltd. in Squamish
also launched strike action.

Employees at the two
latter plants belong to the
Pulp, Paper and Wood-
workers of Canada.

According to union spokes-
men the dispute has been

ikes threat
to pulp industry

In the second incident on
June-.23. Wise aiieged that -
Spence pushed him to the
ground and broke his collar
bone during a _ dispute
involving Spence’s mother
and the now estranged wife
of Wise.

Testimony in support of
Spence’s version of the two.
incidents was given by Mrs.
Wise and another of her

sons.

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Thieves who broke into the
home of Jerry Dvorak, 770
Andover | Crescent, West
Vancouver, got -away with
$18,000 in cash, jewelry and
cameras. .

The theft occurred a
couple of: weeks ago, but
information~ about the rob-
bery was withheld’ while -
police checked out suspects
they believed were preparing
to leave for Europe, accord-

ing to a police department.

spokesman.

triggered by the action of the
anti-inflation board in rolling
back 1976 contracts.

This, they declare,
complicated new _ contract
negotiations, because the
AIB rollback rejected the
chemical workers’ claim to a
wage relationship with pulp
and paper mill employees.

PPWC national president
Reg Ginn said the union may
picket the pulp mills if. the
mills try to bring in chem-
icals from other suppliers.‘ If
this becomes an extended
strike, there’s no doubt the
pulp mills will be forced to go
down," he added.

Buck Philp of the OCAW
made a similar prediction:
‘Depending on how much
the mills have left in storage,
this could affect the entire
industry on the coast,”’

has

North Vancouver District
—the only one of the three
North Shore councils to meet

decided to give. renewed

consideration to the contro-
versial Grouse Mountain

housing development, based.
‘on a maximum of 450 units.

Meeting in policy and

planning committee, council

unanimously approved a
resolution. by Ald. John
Lakes setting . out overall

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comprised gold jewelry val.
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crusted gold cross valued at
$7,000, two 10-ounce gold
bars each valued at $1,300,
two $1,000 Canadian bills, a
‘movie camera. and a 35 mm
camera, _

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development guideiines for
the land leased to Grouse
Mountain Resorts Ltd. in the
Nancy Greene Triangle. ~

The guidelines established
for a. bylaw. application
specify that the total number
of epee units ‘‘shall not
exceed 450.”’

In December - Grouse
Mountain’s original proposal
io build 556 units was

arlier rezoning bylaw. Des-

“ pite Monday’s unanimous

endorsement of the new
guidelines Ald. “Marilyn
Baker, a strong opponent of
the initial plan, made it clear
that she stili intends to work

for a reduced density of 400
units.

Other guidelines to be
observed in a new bylaw call
for the improvement

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ecological considerations.

A spokesman for Grouse |

Mountain said later that his ““land available to the Jaycees

company would decide this

week whether to proceed —

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with a fresh application for a
zoning bylaw. If. they do,
their revised proposals will

go toa public hearing.

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In other business council
also agreed to make District

for a proposed: community
centre’on Lillooet Road.

Through our retail shop inf )
Park - Royal,
Bakery has earned
reputation for serving the
finest in baked goods to the |
“North Shore.
s however we have had no
; outlet for slightly damaged |
andday-old products.Weare

‘now pleased to announce ;
the 3

Oscarsson’s -
the

Until now

| Oscarsson's Batiory Thrift Store

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: Thursday February ard

[Free coffee and pastry will be. served all day] :

As well as our fresh daily baked goods our thrift
shop will offer day old and slightly damaged

products at up to
| *” 50% off

_ OPENING SPECIALS

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Oscarsson's Bokery Th rift Store

; - (look for the orange awning)

French Bread...req-S4¢— |
NOW 3 for $1.00 .

Rum Layer Cake...reg-$3-25 |

NOW $2.65

: _ 288 Pemberton Avenue,

, _ North Vancouver

980-4619)

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